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2021-2022 In brief ...
The 2021 harvest
A wet, gruelling harvest... but a united one!
September 2021
VIVESCIA Safety Day
Dedicated to safety, this annual event involves all Group employees in all operating countries. Workshop sessions, games, exercises and personal experiences brought to life the new ‘CARE Towards 2025’ initiative to control and mitigate major risks across all Group businesses.
8 December 2021
The VIVESCIA ‘Agriculture and climate change’ conference
What challenges does climate change pose to agriculture, and what levers can agriculture use to respond successfully? These were the central issues discussed at the conference held to coincide with the 2021 Group Annual General Meetings. A number of respected experts took to the stage to share their convictions on these challenges. There were also conference presentations from agrifood industry leaders and VIVESCIA Group customers.
24 February 2022
Start of the conflict in Ukraine
Unprecedented and historic tensions are shaking the foundations of the global grain, fertiliser and energy markets, which were already suffering as a result of widespread inflation and shortages even before this major new crisis broke.
Malteurop, which operates in Ukraine through its maltings in Chernihiv and Kharkiv, decided immediately to close its production facilities. The company’s 95 employees and their families are receiving financial support and counselling.
Malteurop, which operates in Ukraine through its maltings in Chernihiv and Kharkiv, decided immediately to close its production facilities. The company’s 95 employees and their families are receiving financial support and counselling.
26 February to 6 March 2022
The Paris International Agricultural Show: VIVESCIA signs a 3-year partnership agreement with French food banks
Its aim is to work with the departmental authorities of Marne, Aube, Ardennes, Meuse and Haute-Marne to provide sufficient Francine flour to meet the annual needs of people in food poverty who live in those communities covered by the Cooperative.
April 2022
VIVESCIA becomes the first grain cooperative to offer simplified carbon assessments on such a large scale
The aim of these assessments is to raise farmer awareness of the new challenges facing agriculture. This online carbon assessment is free of charge for all VIVESCIA cooperative farmers. The initiative was featured in the France 2 evening TV news bulletin on 28 July...
May 2022
Launch of LINK, the new VIVESCIA Group Sustainable Development policy
20 Group-wide commitments, quantified targets and action plans.
June 2022
The second Grands Moulins de Paris Wheat Route trip visits the VIVESCIA Cooperative region
Grands Moulins de Paris artisan bakers get together to talk grain at these informal get-togethers in the wheat fields of the Cooperative!
30 June 2022
Visit by Guillaume Gomez, the French President’s gastronomy adviser, and Dominique Anract, President of the CNBPF*
These two high-profile guests were accompanied by a delegation from the Club de la Table Française for their tour of the VIVESCIA wheat agronomic trials facility in Lagery. The visit provided the opportunity to discuss the selection of wheat varieties and their role in the French milling and baking industries.
* Confédération nationale de la boulangerie- pâtisserie française (the French National Bakery & Patisserie Industry Confederation)
* Confédération nationale de la boulangerie- pâtisserie française (the French National Bakery & Patisserie Industry Confederation)
End of June
The 2022 Harvest - Early and affected by drought...
The harvest was 8 to 10 days early on average across the Cooperative region.
AND A NEW FINANCIAL YEAR BEGINS…
July 2022
Malteurop officially switches on 12,000 m² of photovoltaic panels at its San Adrián maltings in Spain
The new panels meet 12% of the site’s power demand, and reduce annual atmospheric CO2 emissions by 685 tonnes.
12 September 2022
Délifrance launches its new CSR ‘Baking Good BETTER’ CSR policy
The new policy aligns directly with its business lines and VIVESCIA Group's commitments set out in its LINK policy.
2 to 12 September 2022
The Foire de Châlons agricultural show
The VIVESCIA Village proved a constant attraction at the Foire de Châlons agricultural show, with policy discussions, interaction with young farmers, round table sessions to discuss carbon and climate issues, meetings and conversations with cooperative farmers, biodiversity and solidarity issues, and - of course - activities for all ages courtesy of Francine...
Announcement of the creation of Club Francine
A new premium VIVESCIA value chain built in partnership with the Cooperative and Grand Moulins de Paris to promote certified agricultural practices that are compliant with Level-2 environmental certifications as a minimum.